Episode 116: Victor Borkowski (feat. Jay Jurden)

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

Science Fiction, Arts, Books, Visual Arts, Fiction

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 194 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 116 of CEREBRO, Connor and returning guest comedian Jay Jurden refuse to blend in with Victor Borkowski, the aggravating Anole! Created by Nunzio DeFillipis, Christina Weir, and Keron Grant, Victor is one of the more enduring characters from the Academy X generation. Devised for an 'issue story' about gay teen suicide that was ultimately nixed by Marvel editorial, in the decades since — like many in his age cohort — he has struggled to find a consistent role in the franchise. Things are looking up for the character, however, with his new gig as a regular cast member in NYX, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly as part of the From the Ashes linewide relaunch.

The CEREBRO character file on Anole begins at 46:33.

(Content Advisory: Victor's story includes homophobia. This episode also discusses a storyline about suicide that was planned but never published.)

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0:00.0	It's one of those things that like if it happened once, okay, it's happened twice now this little theater kid this little gay boy
0:09.0	X-Men X-Men
0:12.0	In the 21st century people mutants led by Magneto aim to destroy the world
0:21.6	Only hope is X-Men.
0:28.2	Welcome to Cerebro, the X-Men podcast, where a homo and his friends dig deep into the history of Homo Superior.
0:34.9	I'm your host, Connor Goldsmith, and with me today is returning guest
0:40.6	Jay Jurdon, noted comedian. Currently on tour, you can see his biggest show yet in New York,
0:48.8	November 11th. Tickets are on sale now at fine ticket retailers. Jay was one of the earliest guests on this show when he appeared for my episode on
0:59.4	Warren Worthington III, which I did derail for about 20 minutes into an episode about
1:04.5	Candy Southern, which sort of was a prediction of where this show was going.
1:09.4	I think it was a great pre-candy episode for the Candy episode. Right. Yeah. It was going. I think it was a great pre-candy episode
1:12.4	for the candy episode.
1:13.6	It was what made me believe
1:16.0	that that could exist
1:17.3	and that people would listen to it, right?
1:18.9	But I think that that Angel episode
1:20.7	is really underrated
1:22.3	because it was so early in the show.
1:24.2	A lot of people didn't jump on until later.
1:26.5	And I covered so many big characters early in the show because I didn't know this was
1:31.2	going to go more than like, you know, 20 episodes, right?
1:33.7	Well, I think you showcased something that I really appreciate about the podcast, which
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